Joseph the Fruit Vendor

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 13425

Granted, that was not very fast at all, but Belboz did not pursue her. The girl did not hear the wizard's brief chant as she ran from him, nor did she see him raise up his arms.

She left behind the caves where he made his home, entered a forest, and kept running. She didn't stop until she felt physically incapable of going further. Fortune seemed to smile upon her, for that was just when she happened to arrive at a village.

As she entered, a few passersby turned to look at her. She was panting in exhaustion, and sweating buckets. As she walked by a stand where a young vendor was selling fruit, he stopped her by asking, "You all right, miss?"

Fred—or Hannah—paused, and said, "Yes, thank you." To Fred's horror, the girl did a double take on seeing that the young man was quite handsome, and apparently polite to boot. Her heart fluttered, and she said, "I'm just tired."

"Why's that?" The young man added quickly, "If you don't mind my asking."

Hannah opened her mouth, but suddenly found that she could not remember. Fred could, but even if he had wanted to tell the vendor, he was not sure he was able to. "I don't know..." Suddenly the young girl felt dizzy. "I think I may be ill."

"Please, sit down," the young man said, sounding worried. He helped her down into a sitting position on one of his crates of fruit. They got to talking, and on finding that the girl had no place to stay, the man recommended the inn of his kind uncle. "Even if you have no money, you could work while you're there to earn your keep," he said.

Hannah agreed, and walked to the inn with the vendor, who introduced himself as Joseph. She slept well, and the following morning, she found that she had two visitors. One was Joseph, and one was Belboz.

To Fred's absolute horror, on seeing Belboz Hannah threw her arms around him and said, "Dear Uncle Belboz! How are you?"

"Quite well, my dear. And who's this?" Belboz asked, gesturing to Joseph.

Fred felt a rising blush in Hannah's cheeks. "This is Joseph. We met yesterday."

Belboz gestured subtly with his hands, which Hannah noticed but did not find significant. As he did, he said...

  1. "You seem to share a mutual attraction," and Hannah's feelings for Joseph suddenly intensified.
  2. "He seems like a gentlemanly fellow," and Hannah became an even more typical peasant girl than before—one lacking any form of education, just not very bright overall.
  3. "Pleased to meet you, Joseph," and while the young man was looking away from Hannah, her body began to... mature.

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